Maths Tricks Practice Worksheet
The trick (Choose a trick): × 9 → finger trick; × 4 → double double; × 10, 100, 1000 → slide and add zeros. 37, 12345679 or 111… → magic patterns; reverse and subtract → 1089. Puzzles: find the rule, the total or the leftover days, then check your answer.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.Double 25 =
- 2.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 3.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 51 =
- 4.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 5.You have 15 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹22. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 6.41 × 4 =
- 7.If today is Friday, what day was it 27 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Saturday
- 8.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 66 (b) 62 (c) 64 (d) 65
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 33 12 27 | 18 24 ? | 21 36 15. What is the missing number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 256: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 49 (b) 36 (c) 42 (d) 48
- 12.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 13.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 14.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 15.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 74 =
- 16.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 10 =
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 8 13 | 14 ? 6 | 7 12 11. What is the missing number?
- 18.Take 563. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.11 × 11 =
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 ? 19 | 28 16 4 | 13 10 25. What is the missing number?
- 21.2 × 9 =
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 61 =
- 23.87 × ? = 8700
- 24.Think of 2. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 25.The 3rd of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 30th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 26.6 × 9 =
- 27.22 × 4 =
- 28.A piggy bank has 10 coins of ₹5 and 14 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 29.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 70 days? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Thursday (d) Tuesday
- 30.10 × 4 =
- 31.4 × 9 =
- 32.69 × ? = 6900
- 33.17 × 4 =
- 34.98 × 100 =
- 35.Take 37 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 543: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Half of 58 =
- 38.In 2 years a boy will be 10 years old. How old was he 4 years ago?
- 39.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 60 (b) 81 (c) 80 (d) 70
- 40.Take 18 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
Answer key
- 50
- 5
- 1326
- 3
- 7
- 164
- Saturday
- 64
- 30
- 1089
- 48
- 111111111
- 5
- 7
- 2775
- 55
- 10
- 198
- 121
- 22
- 18
- 1891
- 100
- 13
- Saturday
- 54
- 88
- 78
- Monday
- 40
- 36
- 100
- 68
- 9800
- 27
- 1089
- 29
- 4
- 80
- 9
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